ESPN and the NFL are in advanced talks that would give league a stake in the network

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Originally Posted by frozenchief

You sure it's the NFL? MLB has an anti-trust exemption but the USFL sued the NFL in the mid 80s for anti-trust violations. It went to trial and the USFL 'won' but the damages were $1. I don't do anti-trust but if they had the exemption, wouldn't they have been able to dismiss that case?

I think they gained the exemptions after that.